Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Americas
Americas: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production was 3.34 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Americas recorded 3.34 million t for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in 2024.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Americas peaked at 3.56 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 734,748 t, in 1977.
Americas ranks 7th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 842,438 t | — |
| 1962 | 863,611 t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 809,945 t | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 783,059 t | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 850,221 t | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 799,859 t | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 867,575 t | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 790,931 t | -8.8% |
| 1969 | 795,272 t | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 894,245 t | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 882,195 t | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 785,669 t | -10.9% |
| 1973 | 844,367 t | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 834,262 t | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 978,462 t | +17.3% |
| 1976 | 869,604 t | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 734,748 t | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 782,214 t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 910,687 t | +16.4% |
| 1980 | 1.09 million t | +19.7% |
| 1981 | 973,554 t | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 1.12 million t | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 1.11 million t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 1.21 million t | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 1.07 million t | -12.2% |
| 1986 | 1.16 million t | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 1.18 million t | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 1.23 million t | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 1.27 million t | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1.19 million t | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 1.27 million t | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 1.18 million t | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 1.23 million t | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 1.31 million t | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 1.38 million t | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 1.49 million t | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 1.37 million t | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 1.46 million t | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 1.57 million t | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 2.45 million t | +56.4% |
| 2001 | 2.63 million t | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 2.53 million t | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 2.64 million t | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 2.67 million t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 2.71 million t | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 2.71 million t | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 2.64 million t | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 2.60 million t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 2.72 million t | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 2.66 million t | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.72 million t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.91 million t | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 2.88 million t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 3.07 million t | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 2.87 million t | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 3.18 million t | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 3.12 million t | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 3.17 million t | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 3.53 million t | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 3.38 million t | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 3.56 million t | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 3.54 million t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 3.52 million t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3.34 million t | -5.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production in Americas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +56.4% | 1.57 million t | 2.45 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 822,546 t | 783,059 t | 867,575 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 851,645 t | 734,748 t | 978,462 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.14 million t | 973,554 t | 1.27 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.35 million t | 1.18 million t | 1.57 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.63 million t | 2.45 million t | 2.72 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.01 million t | 2.66 million t | 3.53 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.47 million t | 3.34 million t | 3.56 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 4 Egypt 1.28 million t compare
- 5 Russian Federation 1.16 million t compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 188,928 t compare
- 6 Ukraine 1.11 million t compare
- 7 Bangladesh 831,384 t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 115,220 t compare
- 8 Spain 770,770 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 87,607 t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 71,694 t compare
- 9 Italy 583,000 t compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 29,972 t compare
- 10 Mexico 568,591 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Americas?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — production in Americas was 3.34 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3.56 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 734,748 t in 1977.
- How does Americas rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — production?
- Americas ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.